CONTENTS. 



TEANS ACTIONS. 



I. — Miscellaneous. 



\et. I. The Displacement of Species in New Zealand. By pages 

 T. Kirk, F.L.S. .. .. .. ..1-27 



II. True Instincts of Animals. By Charles W. Parnell 27- 36 



III. The Ancient Tribe Te Panenehu. By Captain 



Gilbert Mair . . . . . . . . 3G- 40 



IV. The History of Otakanini Pa, Kaipara. By S. Percy 



Smith . . . . . . . . . , il- 17 



V. Volcanic Activity in Sunday Island in 1814. By 



S. Percy Smith . . . . . . . . 47- 49 



VI. On Dusky Sound. By Richard Henry, Government 

 Resident in charge of Resolution Island Reserve. 

 Communicated by Sir J. Hector . .' .. -50-54 



VII. Tlie Ceremony of i?a/mf. By Taylor White .. 54- .59 



VIII. The Railwaj' and its Place in Social Economy. By 



A. G. Purchas, M.R.C.S.Eng. . . . . . . .59- 62 



IX. Antarctic Research. By Major- General Schaw, 



C.B., R.E. .. .'. .. .. ..62-71 



\. A Wellington Weather Prognostic. By Major-Gene- 



ral Schaw, C.B., R.E. . . . . . . 71- 73 



XI. The Ultimate Problem of Philosophy. By William 



W. Carlile .. .. .. .. ..74-86 



Xll. l\Iemorabilia of certain Animal Prodigies ; Native 

 and Foreign, Ancient and Modern. By W. 

 Colcnso, F.R.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c. . . ..87-97 



XIII. Democracy. By the Rev. J. Bates .. .. 97-111 



XIV. The Training of Teachers for Primary Schools. By 



the Rev. J. Bates .. .. " .. .. 111-117 



XV. Abel Tasman and his Journal. By Dr. T. M. Hocken, 



F.L.S. .. .. .. .. .. 117-140 



XVL On an Account of a IMassacre at the Entrance of 

 Dunedin Harbour in the Year 1817. By A. 

 Hamilton .. .. .. .. .. 141-147 



XVII. On the Forests of New Zealand. By A. Hamilton 147-163 

 XVin. On the Rise and Progress of our Knowledge of the 



Oceanic Areas. By A. Hamilton . . . . 163-178 



XIX. A Comparison of the Magnetic Screening produced 



by Different Metals. By J. A. Erskine, M.A. . . 178-182 

 XX. Magnetic Viscosity. Bv E. Rutherford, M.A., B.Sc, 



1851 Exhibition Science Scholar . . . . 182-204 



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